U.S. Bank will close 13 branches in its purchase of Chicago-area Charter One locations. The $315 million acquisition will close 10 Charter branches, including the Charter One on 810 S. Oak Park Avenue, and three U.S. Bank branches.

The Walgreens store at Harlem and North in Elmwood Park will be demolished and rebuilt starting this summer according to a Pioneer Press report. Also being demolished and rebuilt will be the adjacent First Merit Bank branch.

Grace Niewijk, the OPRF student who took first place in a Midwest Science Competition this month for her antibacterial bandage made from hagfish slime, recently took another science honor. Niewijk recently won third place at a national science symposium.